Chicago advice

ricardofurriel

Indifference71 said:

ricardofurriel said:

What’s the best way to get to Wrigley and back from Wicker Park? Uber in and red/blue line back?

Uber would be the easiest way.  If you wanted to do public transportation, you could take the North Ave. bus to the North/Clybourn red line station and then take the red line over to wrigley.  Don't do blue line to red line....it's not worth it to go all the way downtown on the blue line to transfer to the red line.

Thank you.

deadendp

HesCalledDyer said:

deadendp said:

If you take a car, watch where you street park it. We were able to park on N. Ravenswood Avenue during the day, but at night no parking is permitted on days of Cubs games AND in small print at the bottom of one sign we saw-- certain other dates included. PJ nights were included. Despite being told by a resident that it was okay to park there, read signs. We would have come back to a towed car. 

We parked further out on School Street in Roscoe Village, across the street from my in-law's previous house.  We knew that we could park there before. It was a mile and a half walk, but after the concert, it was therapeutic to watch the crowd melt away, leaving just my husband and me for the last few blocks on our own. 

I am extremely lucky in that I have friends that live a block away from Rosco Village Pub.  Park and stay for free, one mile walk to Wrigley!

My in-laws used to live a few houses up from the corner of Damen and School. They live in Wilmette now, so that was where we stayed for free. A lil ways out, but not too bad. Certainly worth it to skip a hotel cost!

mattcoz

ricardofurriel said:

We booked a Airbnb apartment by Wicker Park. Any recommendations in terms of food/transportation/etc?

thx

Great food scene around there, especially around Milwaukee/Damen. Check out Piece for pizza and beer, it's owned by Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick and Dave Grohl has been known to hang out there when he's in town. Big Star for tacos, Lilly's Q for BBQ(recommend the tri-tip sandwich), etc. As for transportation, there's the blue line stop there. You can take that into the loop and then transfer to the red line north to Wrigley. Or you can take the North Ave bus to Clybourn or the Division bus to LaSalle to hop on the red line. I also recommend checking out the Divvy bike sharing, real easy way to get around in general.

mattcoz

Indifference71 said:

ricardofurriel said:

What’s the best way to get to Wrigley and back from Wicker Park? Uber in and red/blue line back?

Uber would be the easiest way.  If you wanted to do public transportation, you could take the North Ave. bus to the North/Clybourn red line station and then take the red line over to wrigley.  Don't do blue line to red line....it's not worth it to go all the way downtown on the blue line to transfer to the red line.

Yeah, I'd take the bus too, but some people don't like to take the buses for some reason.

#420Dabz

I reserved online La Quinta Inn and also Best Western but see Airbnb has some good spots too for cheap 

sanangelohorn

Tim Simmons said:

Lincoln Park and the Lakeview area, which are next to Wrigleyville are really nice, safe and have tones of bars and restaurants and shops. Its a great place to hang out. Hotel wise, its kinda lacking, but I'm sure there are a ton of airbnbs. Its not near any of the touristy stuff in the city, but the public transportation or an uber will get you there in 5-10 min. 

I booked an airbnb today for $100/night its in Lincoln Park, 5 min walk to the L and a 12 ride to Wrigley, hoping for both show's so flying in early Sat morning from DFW and staying through Tuesday, total of 460, not bad if you ask me.

ricardofurriel

mattcoz said:

ricardofurriel said:

We booked a Airbnb apartment by Wicker Park. Any recommendations in terms of food/transportation/etc?

thx

Great food scene around there, especially around Milwaukee/Damen. Check out Piece for pizza and beer, it's owned by Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick and Dave Grohl has been known to hang out there when he's in town. Big Star for tacos, Lilly's Q for BBQ(recommend the tri-tip sandwich), etc. As for transportation, there's the blue line stop there. You can take that into the loop and then transfer to the red line north to Wrigley. Or you can take the North Ave bus to Clybourn or the Division bus to LaSalle to hop on the red line. I also recommend checking out the Divvy bike sharing, real easy way to get around in general.

Great info. Thx a ton!